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Wednesday, 30 August 2017

Meet at the Whitelees visitor centre at 10.00.a.m. The plan is to have coffee then go for a 3 hour walk around Whitelees. The curry has been booked for 15 people to arrived at the Jewel in the Crown around about 7.00.p.m.

On a lovely morning, we did the walk
in the anti-clockwise direction and made quick progress until Allan suffered from
a sore foot. The pace slowed, and with Johnny and Ian feasting on the brambles,
we did not stop for coffee, but continued to the rocks beyond Hunterston for
lunch. The last wee leg back to the car park was done at a very leisurely pace
and the car was reached three hours after having set off.

Wednesday, 23 August 2017

Meet in the garden centre on left just before crossing the Erskine bridge. Meet about 9.30.a.m. for coffee before going on to Dumbarton to start the walk. The walk is called the Lang Craig Circuit ,Dumbarton and can be found on Google . The walk is 8.75 miles and will take around 4 hours approx. Anyone who can access the site please print off a complete map of the route as my printer is not working properly. I have the written instructions printed off O.K. In the event of a very poor weather report the canal walk becomes a convenient alternative.

Thursday, 17 August 2017

With a poor weather forecast meaning
that the Lowther Hills walk was postponed, we met at the car park at the old
outdoor swimming pool in Prestwick for a trip to Troon. The day was blustery
but it was dry as we set off at 9.30. By the time we had reached the Pow Burn
bridge, wet weather gear was donned as light rain began to fall. As we walked
along the beach the elements were behind us and Troon was reached in one hour
ten minutes.

The coffee was bog standard

Here, we took coffee at the benches adjacent to the toilets and
considered the options. Although we had encountered some rain, it had not been
an issue and with the time still early it was agreed that we continue walking.
One proposal was to walk to Irvine, but the one that won the day was to walk
back to Prestwick, but along the cycle track.

For those who love to eat brambles,
this was a good plan as the track was adorned with bushes with the flavour
varying from excellent to 'soor'. The weather was kind to us on this return
journey and it was decided to have a lunch stop in the sand dunes, twenty
minutes away from the cars.

Raindrops keep falling on my crisps

As the cars were reached just prior
to one o’clock, some real rain appeared, and we adjourned to the shelter of the
wee sitootery at the nearby ice cream shop in order to get changed.

FRT was taken at Wetherspoon’s (Prestwick
Pioneer) where a pleasant hour was spent on a day where we had been really
lucky with the weather.